Architects Move Walls. Your Estimator Pays.

The $1,200 Surprise

Every time an architect moves a wall, your estimator loses 12 hours and $1,200 in productive time. Subcontractor rework shows up weeks later as a change order. Those hours add up to thousands of dollars and dozens of lost bid opportunities.

BidLight keeps the estimate alive inside Revit. Export the model once and get labor, equipment, material, and time costs in minutes. When the design changes, the estimate updates in real time. No re-doing takeoffs. No $1,200 surprises. Two AI models classify BOQ line items at 86% accuracy, so you can defend the numbers. Pricing comes from a database that costs roughly $30,000 a year to maintain, plus Craftsman, 1Build and RSMeans. Plans start at $260 per licence per year.

Firms that adopt this approach stop treating rework as normal. They deliver estimates faster and update them without cost. They turn early estimates into billable services. The design team gets freedom to iterate. The estimator gets time to bid more projects. The owner gets a budget that stays realistic.

Architects move walls constantly. That's fine. With BidLight, every move costs 12 seconds, not 12 hours. Your estimator can focus on winning the next job instead of re-measuring the last one.